Link
Information Designer
Washington, D.C · Full-time
No sponsorship$71k-$97kDetected 6 days ago
Adobe Creative SuiteGraphic DesignWireframingDesign SystemsMotion DesignAccessibilityBrand StrategyResearchCommunicationProblem SolvingPublic SpeakingAdaptability
About the role
- While the salary range for this position is $71,000 - $97,000, your final offer may be adjusted based on factors such as experience and location.
Responsibilities
- Partners with cross-functional teams, including strategists, researchers, engineers, and subject matter experts, to understand client challenges and communication objectives.
- Applies human-centered design principles to develop visual solutions that align audience needs, stakeholder priorities, and business objectives.
- Develops information hierarchies, visual frameworks, and communication structures that improve comprehension, navigation, and usability.
- Independently manages design workstreams while balancing quality, deadlines, and client expectations.
- Develops high-quality visual products including infographics, dashboards, charts, diagrams, presentations, wireframes, prototypes, and decision-support materials.
- Creates custom vector illustrations, iconography, visual frameworks, and supporting graphic assets that communicate complex concepts and strengthen visual storytelling.
- Translates technical, operational, research-driven, and abstract content into compelling visual narratives that support stakeholder understanding and decision-making.
- Reviews visual products for accessibility and Section 508 compliance considerations and incorporates inclusive design principles into design solutions.
- Develops and improves reusable templates, visual standards, and design systems that improve consistency and efficiency across engagements.
- Collaborates effectively with internal and external stakeholders to develop visual solutions that address client objectives and user needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Visual Journalism, Animation, Information Design, or a related field.
- 5-10 years of experience in graphic design, information design, visual communication, or a related field.
- Active Secret Clearance required
- Strong understanding of information hierarchy, visual communication principles, accessibility considerations, and human-centered design methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining high standards of quality and craft.
- Strong proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud tools and the ability to leverage a variety of design technologies to create effective visual communication products across print and digital environments.
- Strong expertise in information design, visual storytelling, and communicating complex information through visual means.
- Well-versed in a variety of design disciplines (e.g., information design, graphic design, brand development, experience design) and able to select the appropriate approach for a given challenge.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with clients and cross-functional teams.
- Able to work independently while contributing effectively within collaborative team environments.
- Approaches work with optimism, openness to new ideas, and a collaborative mindset.
- Portfolio that demonstrates both conceptual skills and design execution
- Strategic Visual Problem Solving
Compensation
- LINK is committed to offering competitive compensation.
- While the salary range for this position is $71,000 - $97,000, your final offer may be adjusted based on factors such as experience and location.
- 11 Federal Holidays per year
Benefits
- $100 monthly internet/cell phone stipend
- LINK sponsored healthcare benefits including medical, dental, vision
- Company-paid Short Term Disability Insurance
- 15 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year
- Paid Holiday Time Off (Christmas Eve through the New Year)
- Annual bonus plan participation
- Annual profit sharing participation
- $2,000 Learning and Development program reimbursement
Company info
- LINK is a fast-growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) that leverages human-centered design to support strategy, innovation, communication, change, and branding within the federal government and adjacent industry partners. At LINK, we partner with engineers, futurists, and thought leaders to untangle complexity, discover opportunity, and communicate clearly with visual stories.
- Let us be your partners in change.
- About the Opportunity
- LINK is actively seeking an Information Designer to join our dynamic team, where we collaborate with clients across a wide range of industries to create impactful visual stories that communicate complex ideas. You will be responsible for translating concepts into compelling visual products, including prototypes, wireframes, infographics, charts, and diagrams, to effectively convey both quantitative data and abstract ideas in print and digital formats.
- This is an exciting opportunity for a creative professional to apply human-centered design and design thinking principles to solve complex challenges and deliver visually engaging solutions.
- You will work closely with both internal teams and clients to understand their needs, develop intuitive information hierarchies, and create designs that support their goals.
- LINK is a fast-growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) that leverages human-centered design to support strategy, innovation, communication, change, and branding within the federal government and adjacent industry partners.
- At LINK, we partner with engineers, futurists, and thought leaders to untangle complexity, discover opportunity, and communicate clearly with visual stories.
- LINK is actively seeking an Information Designer to join our dynamic team, where we collaborate with clients across a wide range of industries to create impactful visual stories that communicate complex ideas.
- You will be responsible for translating concepts into compelling visual products, including prototypes, wireframes, infographics, charts, and diagrams, to effectively convey both quantitative data and abstract ideas in print and digital formats.
- Qualifications
- Translates quantitative and qualitative data, research findings, and complex concepts into clear visual formats that communicate insights, opportunities, and recommendations.
- Guides visual approaches that help stakeholders understand complex systems, processes, concepts, and strategic initiatives.
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